The heat hit like a wall as we disembarked at the little airport of Puerto Escondido. Since the beginning of our trip we had been seeking out warmer weather as it had become evident that our choice of South American destinations were for the most part on the cool end of the scale. Now in Puerto, the heat certainly had delivered and we would have to acclimatise pretty bloody quickly if we were going to get any sleep in the days ahead. Puerto is a pretty cool little town with a strip of smart restaurants and surf shops along the beachside strip at Zicatela. Further north, on the hillside lies the town centro and to the south, at the end of the beach lies a more sleepy neighbourhood next to the surf spot "La Puenta". This is where we stayed for our first night although we moved the next day to Zicatela to be a bit closer to the action.
We had the pleasure of being joined at this stage by Freo boy, and friend of Janes', Benn Newby. Benn had ended up on the same flight as us from Mexico City and we were glad to have his company.
We, or rather I, spent a lot of the next few days looking for a surfboard to buy. I had managed so far with rentals but now we would be traveling over land...for a while at least. I came across a shaper by the name of "Ody" who made some very cool boards out of epoxy and seriously considered getting one shaped, but as I inspected our coming airline policies I had to give up. Luckily though on our second day in Puerto I came across a fun looking stumpy board with four fins and a bat tail. The price was right and I would soon have to learn to ride something a little different - sounds fun!
Jane fit in a couple yoga lessons and tasty smoothies and by the third day we were ready to head to a beach a couple hours up the road. Both Benn and ourselves had been told rumours by our mutual friend Morgan about a great wave and we were keen to check it out!
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